Michael Lewis, 55, of Denton, Texas, was charged with felony stalking and arrested after sending threats and sexually explicit messages to Clark on social media. Lewis was identified through an emergency disclosure request by the FBI to X, formerly known as Twitter, and tracked to a hotel in Indianapolis. Clark expressed fear for her safety and altered her routines due to the harassment.
INDIANAPOLIS — A Texas man was arrested afterto Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark on social media , according to the Marion County Prosecutor's Office.
Court documents say investigators confirmed the recent messages from Lewis came from a hotel located in the 100 block of West Market Street in downtown Indianapolis and another IP address from a business in downtown Indy. Police then told Lewis to stop making threatening posts about Clark, and Lewis said again that it's an"imagination, fantasy type thing and it's a joke, and it's nothing to do with threatening.""The turning point in this investigation was when you saw someone take the affirmative step of going from Texas to Indianapolis," Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said.
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